辇
niǎn

a hand-cart

Simplified form of 輦. Depicts two people (夫) pulling a chariot (车) together.

Components

夫
夫 Iconic component
fu, fū man
夫
夫 Iconic component
fu, fū man
车
车 Iconic component
chē cart, vehicle

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

撵

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

輦 a hand-cart Traditional

Depicts two people (夫) pulling a chariot (車) together.

Components

夫
夫 Iconic component
fu, fū man
夫
夫 Iconic component
fu, fū man
車
車 Iconic component
chē cart, vehicle

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

攆

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartljenX[r][a][n]ʔ cart drawn by men

說文解字

《說文》：“輦，輓車也。从車，从在車前引之。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)